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Remembering Tiger Woods’ first PGA Tour win at the 1996 Las Vegas Invitational

Tiger Woods’ victory Sunday at the Tour Championship was historic. Making a return to the top of his profession after undergoing spinal fusion surgery and assorted other injuries that threatened to end his legendary career is something you just can’t make up. It was the 80th win of his PGA Tour career, second behind only Sam Snead’s 82. I was

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GM George McPhee’s work in the next few days will determine Golden Knights’ Year 2 fate

Rarely, if ever, has there been a successful, championship-level NHL team built largely through free agency. Even before the NHL instituted a salary cap, drafting and developing players was still the surefire way to build into a contender. As the Vegas Golden Knights head into their first offseason and the start of free agency looms, many in the team’s fan

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Facing my fears: A Golden Knights-Kings first-round playoff match-up

By Howard Stutz Special guest contributor My home office contains a small shrine to the Los Angeles Kings. Photos of me with Kings’ legends Luc Robitaille, Anze Kopitar, and Dave Taylor are displayed along with signed hockey cards from Jim Fox and Butch Goring. There are Robitaille and Fox bobbleheads, and other memorabilia. Two Stanley Cup Champion caps, from 2012

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New Nevada Boxing Hall of Famer Harry Reid once saw Bob Arum’s volcanic temper up close at ring-side

Former Senator Harry Reid (2nd from right) meets with boxer Manny Pacquiao (center) and Bob Arum (far right). The Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame announced a 14-member class on Thursday, and it includes some of the greatest fighters who ever lived. Of fighters from more recent vintage, Shane Mosley, Chris Byrd, Laila Ali and Kevin Kelley are going in as

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Deontay Wilder wants to unify heavyweight belts; how feasible to keep them together, though?

  Deontay Wilder, the WBC heavyweight champion, was recently in the Yahoo Sports studios in Playa Vista, Calif., where he spoke with our Justin Perry about a variety of topics. One of them was the importance of unifying the titles in the heavyweight division. Wilder made the point that champions in other divisions who unify the belts often then move

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